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The De Rerum Natura of Lucretius is a sustained and impassioned protest against religious superstition and irrationality. The poem takes the form of a detailed exposition of Epicurean physical theory - an extreme materialism designed to remove and discredit popular fears of the gods, death and an afterlife.Lucretius is the author of 'Lucretius: De Rerum Natura Book 3 (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Bk. 3)', published 1971 under ISBN 9780521081429 and ISBN 0521081424.
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